Failure is unavoidable in life. Despite our best of intentions and no matter how hard we work, there will always be times in life where we experience sorrow, loss, grief, and failure. But that doesn't have to be the end of the road; this Sunday we began a series on the Parable of the Lost Son, and we're exploring how failure affects us, and what we can do to move forward.
Throughout the Israelite's history, suffering and grief were constant themes, but instead of hiding their sorrows away, they expressed their grief and allowed God to meet them in their grief.